Samuel Jordan Cabell ( December 15, 1756 – August 4, 1818 ), American military officer:

• born in Albemarle County, Virginia;
• educated at William and Mary College;
• left school to join the Revolutionary Army;
• recruited a company of riflemen in 1775;
• appointed Captain in the Amherst County Volunteers in 1776;
• assigned to the Sixth Virginia Regiment;
• participated in the Battle of Saratoga in 1777 and promoted to the rank of Major;
• served in Washington’s army in 1778-1779 and promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel;
• captured at the Siege of Charleston in 1780 and detained until the end of the war;
• member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1785 to 1792;
• member of the constitutional convention in 1788;
• voted against the proposed United States Constitution;
• Republican United States Congressman from 1795 to 1803;
• died on his estate Soldiers' Joy, near New Market in Nelson County, Virginia.